Capsicum Masala Curry Recipe

Capsicum masala is a simple and tasty North Indian side dish for chapathi. It’s a very easy and quick recipe that can be made under 15 minutes with capsicum and tomato as major ingredients. Last week I packed roti/chapathi along with this capscium tomato curry and spicy buttermilk for Sendhil’s lunch box. He loved it very much. For this recipe, I followed the basic North indian gravy recipe with tomatoes as base. So it resembled more like our South Indian Tomato thokku but tasted completely different.

The consistency of this masala can be varied from gravy to curry as per your wish. For variations, green capsicum (Bell pepper) can be paired with aloo/potato, paneer or sweet corn to make it even more healthy n tasty. So, lets see how to make this easy, no grinding, simple capsicum masala curry recipe. Try it for chapathi. U will love it. Stay tuned for some more easy side dish recipes for roti !

Check out my Capsicum kurma recipe if interested !

Capsicum masala recipe – A simple side dish for chapathi

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Side dish

Serves: 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Green capsicum – 1 small
Ripe tomatoes– 2 nos(big)
Big onion – 1 no
Ginger&garlic paste- 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
Coriander powder – 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
Kasoori methi – 2 pinches
Sugar – a pinch
Ghee – 1 tsp
Water & salt – as needed

To temper

Cooking oil – 1.5 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds/Jeera – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves – few

Coriander leaves – to garnish

HOW TO MAKE TOMATO CAPSICUM CURRY – METHOD

Chop the capsicum into small chunks or as u wish.Chop the onions & tomatoes finely.
Heat oil + ghee in a kadai and splutter mustard,jeera and onions.Add g&g paste and saute till raw smell goes off.Then add capsicum pieces.Saute for a minute in medium flame.Now add the finely chopped tomatoes and saute till mushy adding required salt and turmeric powder.

Add chilli powder, dhania powder and garam masala powder and saute till the masala well.
Add some water to cook the masala and capsicum and boil well till the mixture leaves oil. Adjust the consistency by adding more water to make a thick gravy or curry as you wish. Before switching off the flame, add kasoori methi and sugar. Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves.